Beautiful Vintage Pictures of Readers from The Early 20th Century

Well, many people don’t, but for the sake of this article let’s praise that magical moment a person shares with his book. That feeling of getting lost inside a good mystery or a passionate love affair.

Unfortunately many people’s relationship with books is going through a rough patch due to the social media era and the convenience of an iPad or a Kindle. Back in the early 1900s thought, for the cultivated people all around the Western world, books were today’s latest smartphone.

Below you’ll find some beautiful vintage photos of people of the early 20th century, enjoying their books, as found in vintag.

Relaxing in the Dead Sea in the early 20th century

Lewis Carroll, aged 25, June 1857

The walking library, London, England

Tourists at the Frauenkirche, Nürnberg, Germany, 1904

Two beautiful ladies reading together, 1920s

A donkey and a girl reading together

A girl reading

A young girl reading on a ladder

Window reading, 1915

Children selecting their books at the East Ham Public Library, 21 April 1934

Cute dog standing with back legs to read newspaper with its owner

Family reading time

Infantry pioneers reading newspaper on the Western Front in October 1916

Little girl reading with elephant

Relaxing in the Dead Sea, 1916

Two cute children, 1908

Reading in the roof garden at Adelaide House after lunch, 12 June 1937